Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists?

Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by segmondy on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:29AM (#33999192)

Tools happen, folks get automated away and need to retool to make themselves useful. It will happen in computing, as a matter of fact, it has happened in computing.

What do you think cloud computing did? A lot of sysadmins, networking, backups, ops went the way of dinosaurs. A lot of programmers have also fallen on the side by being replaced with tech and need to catch up.

Wallowing in pity is not going to make help, we saw a glimpse of this with github-copilot. Some people built the hardware, the software behind these AIs, some others are constructing the models, applying it to distinct domains. There's work to be done for those who wish to find their place in the new world.

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Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by spinach on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:49AM (#33999408)

But people aren't being automated away - their work is input, and for the AI generated art to remain fresh and relevant instead of rehashing old stuff it would need artists to continue creating new art. It's not a tool that exists independently of people's creative work (although this is true of most AI, though it seems particularly terrible with art).

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